Monday: U.S. marks a bleak milestone after reporting five million Covid-19 cases. More: Cities evacuated on the south coast of New South Wales
by Emilie Gramenz
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The United States reached the bleak milestone of five million coronavirus cases on Sunday, when Donald Trump’s executive orders seeking to break a political stalemate for additional economic relief were denounced through a Republican as “an unconstitutional slope.” A Brazilian scientist expressed her depression when Covid-19 deaths in Brazil reached 100,000 people. Natalia Pasternak has implored Brazilians to take science and coronavirus seriously, but five months after Brazil’s first death was shown, Pasternak is discouraged and fears that her paintings have been in vain. Confirmed cases in Britain rose to more than 1,000 for the first time since last June, and Greece recorded its highest count since the outbreak began.
Australia recorded the deadliest day of the coronavirus pandemic to date, after another 17 people died in Victoria within 24 hours between Saturday and Sunday. Ten of the 17 deaths were similar to nursing homes. Experts said Victoria’s warehouse restrictions can lead to disorders of origin for state supermarkets; However, the shortage of shelves may have been avoided if other people do not panic. Australia’s finance minister has kept the door open to make additional adjustments to financial aid measures, such as the workers’ wage allowance.
The New South Wales State Emergency Service has ordered the evacuation of several south coast towns after heavy rains caused flooding. Three evacuation orders were issued on Sunday night after up to two hundred mm of rain hit several cities, adding Moruya, Nowra and inland at Captains Flat, with up to three hundred mm in remote areas. The SES responded to more than 700 calls and made more than 18 flood rescues over the weekend, most of them from Berry, Nowra, Broughton Vale and Gerringong. More than 20 homes in Broughton Vale, near Berry, have also been destroyed by flooding. Heavy rains also hit Sydney, and drivers reported flooded roads and strong winds in the south of the city.
Family day care educators would likely still be eligible for the job of homeworker despite the Australian government’s resolve to cut the child care pay subsidy scheme. The discovery of a loophole for independent day care providers has prompted calls to the government to return all child care educators to the task care post.
The paintings estimate that a 25-year-old who withdraws $20,000 from retirement may end up in a worst-case scenario of $100,000 in retirement. The opposition is stepping up its attacks on government control of the early retirement plan.
A new survey through the Alcohol and Drug Foundation found that one in eight Australians have been drinking every day since the coronavirus outbreak began. The base interviewed more than 1,000 people, a concerned number indicating that they drank more than usual.
Three men have been hospitalized after being stabbed after a network football attack under the age of 20 in northwest Sydney. Police said a kitchen knife was used with a six-inch blade in the fight that left three men over 16, 19 and 22 injured.
Belarus in a position to demonstrate on Sunday night when the outgoing President, Alexander Lukashenko, gave the impression of being ready for victory. The elections were marred by accusations of voter fraud.
On Sunday, thousands of protesters stoned the Lebanese parliamentary city, not easy to fall government. The protests are limited to the catastrophic explosion that destroyed parts of Beirut last week.
Dawn Butler, a British Labour MEP and former shadow equality minister, accused police of being institutionally racist after she was arrested on her way to Sunday lunch with a friend.
Afghanistan agreed to release 400 “uncompromising” Taliban prisoners, paving the way for peace talks aimed at ending nearly two decades of war. Among the 400, the Taliban are accused of primary attacks on civilians and foreigners, adding a fatal 2017 bombing in Kabul.
Lauren Southern is back and Australian conservatives are too happy to help, writes Jason Wilson. Southern is now a resident of Australia, after a curious interruption of his frantic paintings as a far-right influencer. Her candidacy to be taken seriously as a journalist and commentator recently received some flavor with a space on Outsiders on Sky News.
If you think a black comedy about a poisonous monster that became freedom in Seoul would be a complete escape from its reality, think again. Ying-Di Yin reviews Bong Joon-Ho’s monster film and discovers it strangely prophetic, without escaping altogether. In The Host, we can have a typical monster, but like all Bong movies, the villain is never definitive. Perhaps the ultimate unexpected social observation in the film is the strangely prophetic occasion of the 1940s.
Geena Davis says that when she turned 40 she fell off the cliff. The star of Thelma and Louise and A League of their Own sought to be an actor from the age of three. Talk to Hadley Freeman about sexual harassment, advanced representation and why she is so pleased to have 40-year-olds.
How did Donald Trump affect his pandemic reaction so much? While Donald Trump continues to claim that the United States is “doing very well” in its opposite fight against Covid-19, the figures recommend another story. The United States has the highest number of deaths in the world, with more than 150,000 killed. American Guardian-led journalist Ed Pilkington examines how Trump got it wrong.
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Georgia Oboh doesn’t care about mediocre ambitions. The 19-year-old Nigerian golfer took away her prejudices while climbing the golf scene in England. Now he plans to pave the way for others.
Max Verstappen was awarded an impressive victory at the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix. Verstappen’s victory, beating Mercedes by Lewis Hamilton at the moment position and teammate Valtteri Bottas in the third, only seasoning the season, finishing 4 consecutive victories for a Mercedes team that is beginning to seem invulnerable.
Serena Williams has the most productive chance to date to match Margaret Court’s record at the US Open. With so many of the most sensitive players in the world not going to New York, the 38-year-old has cleared the way to the equivalent of Australia’s 24 primary titles.
Age Reports surveys conducted through leading organizations found that one in five doctors and nurses had limited and, in some cases, no masks. According to the Australian Financial Review, Morrison’s government has ordered The Australian Post to prioritize the delivery of medicines and other urgent products. The Saturday Paper reports that the hypothesis is being developed that Adani could simply release his Carmichael operation to buy BHP’s thermal coal mine at Mount Arthur.
The Royal Commission on Quality and Safety of Aged Care will hold a hearing on the reaction of care to the elderly to the coronavirus.
It opens early in the Northern Territory elections.
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